Léopold Szondi

Léopold Szondi
Born 11 March 1893
Nitra
Died 24 January 1986
Küsnacht
Occupation Psychiatrist
Children Péter Szondi

Léopold Szondi (Hungarian: Szondi Lipót, March 11, 1893 – Küsnacht, January 24, 1986) was a Hungarian psychiatrist, born in present day Slovakia and raised in a a German and Slovak speaking family. He is known for the psychological tool that bears his name, the Szondi test. He developed a form of depth psychology that had some prominence in Europe in the mid-20th century, but has been ignored for the most part. He escaped the Holocaust on the Kastner train. From 1944 on, he lived in Switzerland.

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